NJ 2020 04 24

The total is still growing.

Deaths are dropping

Prevalence is dropping as well

County prevalence is down

County 14 day stats holding negative now for a week. Gov was to announce opening rules but do not count on it. Data was 6 hours late today. I guess they still fiddle with the data.

Total by town shows a few hot spots.

A Modest Proposal to the White House

To the folks in the White House. I hear you have some problems with China. But then again China seems to be able to run railroads. So a suggestion.

NJ Transit and Amtrak are the most incompetently run railroads in the world if not the universe. So as part of the sweetener for China offer them the exclusive right to run Amtrak and NJ Transit, I would throw in the NY Subway, Metro North as well as the DC Metro. They could get exclusive rights to operate and govern the transportation system. After all they most likely have chips in stuff everywhere let then then operate what they have invested assets in already.

They would hire their own people, no unions, no employment codes, just Chinese methods. A bit harsh at times but perhaps the trains would run. Also we get Governors out of the mix along with a few mayors.

Just a thought.

English, the Customer and NJ Transit

One of the issues needing improvement in the "consultants" report on NJ Transit was communications with the customers, you know those folks paying their salaries.

So try this one on for size:

INBOUND to Hoboken (temporarily discontinued)

Train 330, the 6:01 p.m. arrival at Hoboken from Summit

Train 432, the 6:19 p.m. arrival in Hoboken from Gladstone, operates 19 minutes earlier on the Gladstone Branch then replaces Train 330’s schedule east of Summit.

Now let us try to translate this.

1. "temporarily discontinued" most likely means not working. I guess it means the stuff listed below

2.Train 330 arrives at Hoboken from Summit...I guess means it is working, so why say it is discontinued, is it working or not?

3. Train 432, now just what does this mean?  This sentences is an example of following the bouncing ball.

I may have a PhD, written 17 books, 250 papers, etc and I have a reasonable grasp of Frnech, Greek, Russian, Spanish and of course Italian as well as English and in the old days Latin and Classic Greek. But this makes no sense.

NJ Transit needs someone who can communicate, now really folks. This reads worse than a Goldman Sachs investment advisory.